timelapse

Industrial engineer Oscar Ramírez approached the conception process for Astro with three cornerstones in mind: Compact. Intuitive. Simple. Compared to the complicated, touchy and expensive panoramic/time lapse tripods that seem to be the norm, Astro provides a refreshing alternative.

"Brinicles are cool" is exactly what one of my Facebook friend's statuses announced, and, after watching this video, I'd have to agree. Like so many natural phenomena, Brinicles look absolutely supernatural.

This video footage from BBC: Frozen Planet shows a time-lapse of Brinicle formation and its path of destruction. Also called the "finger of death," it is essentially and underwater icicle that forms under extreme temperatures in calm waters.

Brian DeFrees, a multimedia designer, decided to take a trip and record it via time-lapse. He documented the trek using a window-mounted Canon 60D and an intervalometer, taking an image every 5 seconds. During 55-day trip, he collected more than 200,000 images, which edited down to a 5-minute tour of the U.S.

One year ago Wesley Townsend Kitten of WTK Photography started filming bits of time lapse to document The City of San Francisco a little differently than the average photographer.

About 250-300 hours, 28,000 frames and 85 shots later he compiled this video. I've never been to San Francisco, but after watching this I feel like I know her a little better. You can almost see the city breathing with the patterns and bustle of traffic.

These magnificent time-lapse shows of mother nature's phenomena are by Terje Sorgjerd, also know as TSO. The Norwegian photographer treks out to remote locations to chronicle unique beauty through the passage of time.

During office hours, Dana Tanamachi is a graphic designer at Louise Fili Ltd. in Brooklyn. But, in her spare time, she also moonlights as a custom chalk letterer—a niche field with some beautiful results and amazing, hand-drawn typography.